APES Unit One Review

Someone who is interested in wilderness areas which remain wild forever is a

• Preservationist

• Conservationist

• Naturalist

• Scientist

Which two make up natural capital?

• Natural resources

• Natural tradeoffs

• Natural sustainability

• Natural services

All of the following illustrate exponential growth except

• Human population growth

• Bacteria population growth with unlimited resources

• Increasing your food intake by 100 calories per day

• An investment that doubles every month

What is GDP?

• The market value in dollars of goods and services produced in a country for use within a year.

• The market value in dollars of goods and services per person

• How many goods and services a country exports within a year.

Compared to a developing country, a developed country would have (check all that apply)

• Higher average life expectancy

• Higher percentage of the population over 60

• Higher percentage of the population under age 15

• Higher birth rate

Which of the following is a renewable/perpetual resource?

• Oil

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Solar

When an individual uses a resource as much as they like with no limitation, eventually causing the degradation of the resource, it is an example of

• Three-Point Model of Environmental Degradation

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Toynbee's Law of Progressive Simplification

When a resource is economically depleted, we can

• Recycle

• Reduce usage

• Develop substitutes

• All of these work

A point source of pollution is

• A source that you know the exact location of

• A source that you cannot locate the exact location of

• Pollution that is found everywhere

• Pollution that is only found in a few places

Which of the following is NOT a cause of environmental problems?

• Rapid population growth

• Sustainable use of resources

• Use of non-renewable, polluting resources

• Prices that do not reflect environmental costs